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Ignition coil wiring question

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Ukcalling

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Another plea for help please

Looking to change coils on my 1980 GS1000G

Do the orange/white cables both go to +ve connections on the replacement coils - can't see polarity marked on the wiring diagram Thanks

Thanks Nick
 
Yep, orange/white is the positive feed from the ignition switch via the killswitch to the coils. The other wire on each coil goes seperately to the ignitor unit.
 
On some coils, there are no markings for + or -. It only matters if the inner core happens to be grounded.
 
You might want to see what voltage you are getting on that Orange White. I've seen it lower than 10v on some bikes due to resistance in the switchgear or loom. Some perform a "relay" modification in order to get full 12v back to the coils using the Orange/white as the switched live to activate the relay. There is a bunch of info here on it if you search.

Good luck! :)
 
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